LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL – HOME TO THE BEATLES

Liverpool – Maritime Merchantile City was nominated by the UK government as “The Supreme example of a commercial port at the time of Britain's greatest global influence” and was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO's World Heritage Site by 2004. The status is a great honour as it acknowledges that Liverpool's history and its architectural and technological heritage are of international level. 

WRITER POSING WITH JOHN LENNON'S STATUS AT MATHEW STREET

World Heritage Site include Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building, Port of Liverpool Building, George's Dock Tunnel Ventilation Building and Office, St George's Hall, Titanic Memorial, Albert Dock Warehouses & Traffic Office, Stanley Dock Warehouses, Leeds and Liverpool Canal Locks, The Dock Wall, India Buildings, Martins Bank Building, St George's Hall, Town Hall, World Museum Liverpool and Central Library, The Walker Art Gallery, The Bluecoat, The Bridewell and The Royal Institution. Visitors can view all these sites within one day detour the town of Liverpool.

So far, I have visited places namely World Museum Liverpool and Central Library, The Walker Art Gallery, St George's Hall, King's Regiment Monument and Town Hall.

St George's Hall (1857) is built in Grecian style externally and a Roman Interior. It contains Great Hall, with its Minton tiled floor and great organ, and the Small Concert Room, much visited by Charles Dickens. The Hall and its free visitor centre re-opened in April 2007, following refurbishment.

IMPRESSIVE ST GEORGE'S HALL

The Walker Art Gallery (1877) was designed by architects Sherlock & Vale and named after its principal benefactor, Alderman Andrew Barclay Walker. A classical portico is the centerpiece of the exterior, which includes friezes of scenes from the city's history and is surmounted by a personification of Liverpool.

WALKER ART GALLERY

 The World Museum Liverpool and Central Library (1857-1860). The completion of the magnificent new hall on St George's Plateau set the pattern for other civic projects on the adjacent land. The Liverpool Improvements Act was passed and a competition was opened in 1855 for a new museum and public library. Local MP William Brown donated money, and the street was renamed in his honour. The building is now home to the internationally important collections of World Museum Liverpool.

WORLD  MUSEUM LIVERPOOL AND CENTRAL LIBRARY

 

King's Regiment Monument is located at St John's Garden – is the centre piece of the Gardens. The main frontage of the large Portland stone construction, facing outwards from St George's Hall, has a bronze statue of Britannia on a plinth, flanking figures of two soldiers representing the Regiment at different periods, and is inscribed on the wall between them with the names of their most recent exploits – Afghanistan (1878-1880), Burma (1885-1887) and S Africa (1899-1902). Between them, also in bronze is a heap of weaponry, flag and a palm leaf, above several steps to the ground; a wreath in front of this, two steps down. 

KING'S REGIMENT MONUMENT

 

Shopping is plentiful at the Queen Square Place – crowded with visitors daily. There are entertainments – cartoon characters, performances, dances and music along the area.

ALIVE AT QUEEN SQUARE

Highlight of this city - is none other than the Hometown of the Beatles – whereby no fan of Beatles can leave Liverpool without visiting historical Penny Lane, Mathew Street and Albert Dock to explore the livelihood of the Fab Four. Beatles is a pilgrimage to the city where it all began for those four boys will be anything but dull. 

HORSES IS AN ATTRACTION IN LIVERPOOL

 I really enjoyed the true Beatles experience as I walked down Mathew Street – to explore the Cavern Club was the official birthplace of The Beatles. The club is a popular tourist attraction with live music venue for a number of local and international touring band.

THE BEATLES SHOP

Across the alley from the Club is the Cavern Pub – houses memorabilia from both The Beatles and worldwide artists who graced the stage at the Club. Nearby, there is an iconic bronze statue of John Lennon leaning against the wall. Beatles merchandise also available here.

BEATLES MERCHANDISE ITEMS

Around this area, one can also bump into Lennon's Bar and also banners of the singers along the street.

JOHN LENNON'S BAR

Another worthwhile stop is at The Beatles Story on the Albert Dock – a dedication to the Fab Four. One can follow John, Paul, George and Ringo from their early beginnings of The Quarrymen to the global Beatlemania that swept the world in the 60s.

THE BEATLES SHOP

Liverpool is a city in North West England, and historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the south west of the county of Lancashire.

The popularity of the Beatles and other music groups from the Merseybeat era contributes to Liverpool's status as a tourist destination Liverpool is also the home of two Premier League Football clubs, Liverpool and Everton, matches between the two being known as Merseyside Derby. Natives of the city of Liverpool are referred to as Liverpudlians, and as “Scouse” (Liverpool accent and dialect).

MAY 2010